Plant Controller

Silgan Plastics • Wilson, NC

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About The Position

Silgan Specialty Packaging is seeking a Plant Controller for its facility in Wilson, North Carolina. This hands-on role requires close familiarity with the business practices, systems, and processes established by Corporate Finance. The Plant Controller builds strong partnerships with other departments and serves as a strategic partner to senior leadership, ensuring the accuracy of business transactions, financial results, and business projections while making sound recommendations about business transactions and decisions.

The role oversees financial planning and analysis, general accounting, cash management, supplier payments, credit and collections, fixed assets, reporting, business controls, tax reporting, and compliance. The Plant Controller establishes and maintains accounting policies, procedures, systems, and processes; coordinates audits; identifies and implements improvements; and manages, trains, mentors, and develops staff. The position also collaborates across business functions and adheres to environmental and quality standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 5–10 years of progressive accounting experience, including supervisory responsibilities.
• Strong ability to report and interpret accurate financial results.
• Experience with deferred revenue and accrual-based accounting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables and lookups, and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SAP.

Responsibilities

• Prepare financial forecasts, budgets, long-range plans, and analyses for the company.
• Prepare financial analyses to support sales- and operations-related decisions, particularly concerning full product margins, working capital, and investments.
• Prepare recurring reports and analyses on key elements of business-unit performance, including financial statements.
• Lead general accounting, cash management, supplier payment, credit and collections, fixed assets, management and corporate reporting, business controls, tax reporting, and compliance activities.
• Establish and maintain an effective business control environment.
• Establish and maintain accounting policies and procedures, and improve accounting and reporting processes.
• Perform accounting research and analysis as required.
• Coordinate external and internal audits; conduct training, business-controls reviews, and financial reviews; recommend improvements and ensure timely implementation.
• Manage supplier payment and customer credit and collection processes, and identify and implement process improvements.
• Establish and maintain systems, tools, reporting, and cross-functional processes that support business objectives.
• Manage, train, mentor, and develop staff, and provide training to others as needed.
• Work collaboratively with all other business functions to accomplish objectives.
• Adhere to environmental and quality standards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager